IRAQ: To the Gallows!

In Mideastern revolutions, the man out in front
of the mob may not be leading it he may be running for his life.
Iraq's ruling General Karim Kassem is in the familiar situation; his
army, which alone can overawe the mob, is an uncertain weapon. Kassem
has already clapped in jail Colonel Abdul Salam Mohammed Aref, his
co-conspirator in the four-month-old revolt, as well as a dozen other
suspect army officers. Kassem has also tried to placate the mob by
alloting free seeds to farmers, and promising land reforms.